In response to a letter to the editor on Sept. 20: The author (NITP coordinator) talks about President Obama taking away our constitutional rights by signing 138 executive orders. The author suggests googling the subject to see for yourself. I did that — took five minutes to check this myself. And sure enough, the current president has signed 138 executive orders to date.

I did the same for George W. Bush: 291 executive orders were signed by George W. in his eight years in office — 291! If President Obama doubles his in the next four, W still has him beat. And the best of W included an executive order signed in ’07 that criminalized protesting the Iraq war. Talk about taking away our rights!

So, before believing everything you read or hear — please take a few moments to check the facts yourself. In this political season there’s too much misinformation (putting it nicely) out there. Do your duty as a citizen of this great democracy: Do your own fact-checking and make your decision based on that.